Apparatus for gaging hoops



- H. WILDE.

APPARATUS FOR GAGING HOOPS.

Patented July 4, 1882. v

I o o I I H 6 f L .P I B 3 f [C BJ up I d F V// j a Z a P //C m 7/5 (NoModeh) UNITED j STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WILDE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR GAGING HOOPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,438, dated July 4,1882.

. App1icationfiledMarch30, 188?. (No model.)

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WILDE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city ratus for use in making barrel-hoops of uniformsize, andisintended to be used in coming a coincidence between the two.

tem secures the production of barrels having, a uniform diameter; andthe objectof my pres" bination with other machines devised by me forsetting up and finishing barrels to a uniform gage. By such system alonecould hoops of uniform diameter be employed, as any material variationinthe size of the barrels would prevent such hoops from fitting to theirproper place at the chine or bilge. By the ordinary methods hoops arefitted separately, by measure, to each part of the barrel they are tofit, and much time is thus consumed in secur- My sysent invention is tofurnish the means for gaging any number of hoops to one size, whetherthe same be adapted to the bilge or quarter or intended for use at thechine of the barrel. The device consists essentially of a cone havingthe diameter of the inside of'the hoop, of a pressing-ring'for strainingthe hoop upon the cone, and a stop for checking the hoop when forced tothe desired point by the ring.

The apparatus is especially useful for nailing and sizing the hoops nowused for sugar and other barrels, which are found in the market readyfor nailing, coiled up to a smaller.

diameter than the barrels but it is also adapted for nailing up lockedhoops if made by uniform methods, similar to those devised by me.

A machine embodying my improvements is shown in the annexed drawings, inwhich Fig ure 1 is a side elevation of the same; Fig.2, a

longitudinal central section of the heads; Fig. 3, a section at w w inFig. 1, to show the stopring E; Fig. 4, an end elevation of the press.ring and the parts behind it, shown by a sec- O isthe frame of themachine, shown as a parallel shears mounted on legs. A is a headprovided with bearings A for carrying the gage-cone D by means of asliding spindle, D. B is a. similar head, formed with bearings B, forcarrying the press-ring E upon a sliding spindle, E. The ring E isformed by projections from the 'face of a disk, one-half of them, F,being rigid and alternated with an equal number of spring-tongues, toform a cylindrical presser having its interior fitted to the outside ofthe cone D when pressed upon the latter, as shown in Fig. 2. 1n thelatter figure the parts are all shown in position to clamp or press ahoop, it, while the latter is nailed upon the cone, while in Fig.1 thepressring E is shown retracted for the removal of the hoop, and the coneis; shown as partly withdrawn from the gage-ring H to push the hoop offof that part of the cone where it is nailed, and thus facilitate itsentire removal by hand. In Fig. 2 the operation of the tongues F and Gis plainly shown, the latter being exhibited at the bottom of the disk Eand the former at the top, where it is shown secured by a screw, f.

The construction of the disk where the springtongues are attached isalso shown in Fig. 4, where all but two of the tongues are shown benttoward the center. One is shown out off.

gradually expanded as they are pushed upon it, thus pressing its surfaceclosely and forcing the hoop before it up to the stop-ring H. The

latter is formed to embrace the cone snugly at '5 itS largest part, andis seg llied in a. pro or The movement of the cone and its spindle D inthe head A is controlled by a spring, J, which serves to press itforward into the ring 0 formed on the rear of the cone.

H, and a treadle, L, operating to withdraw it from the ring when a hoopis to be discharged. The treadle is connected by a belt or cord, K,passedover pulleys a and a in the head A, to a screw-collar, I, securedto the spindle in contact with the spring J.

An adjustable collar, P, is fitted to the end of the spindle in Fig. 1,which may be used, it desired,to regulate the penetration of the cone inthe stop-ring H, and thus alter at pleasure the diameter of the coneadjacent to the ring at the point where the hoop is nailed. By thismeans a variation within small limits can be made in the sizes of thehoops nailed upon the same cone; butfor the most uniform work it isdesirable to use a permanent check for the cone, operating against therear side of the ring H, as shown at t' in Fig. 2. This check mayconsist of an annular projection or pins inserted at points in the cone,and is forced by the spring J firmly against the ring I] when thepressure is removed from the treadle.

In connection with a fixed check, as described, I employ alocking-slide, N, secured by a bolt, n, to the front of head A,justbeneath the hub This slide is formed with a slot, 0, to permit avertical movement on the bolt, and has a notch, n, at its upper endfitted to the shaft D when it is projected from the hearing A, as inFig. 2.

The slide is connected with the treadle L, and is provided with aspring, 8, wound around the connection t, for pressing it against theshaft D. The connection t is made tight when the strap K is slack, andthe slide is thus operated before the retracting force acts upon thespindle D. The slide is shown in Fig. 2, as forced between the hearing Aand the hub O. and the treadleis then presumed to be elevated by theforce of the springs J and 8, although the treadle is not shown in thatfigure. Fig. 1 the trcadle is shown depressed and the slide pulled downto permit the withdrawal of the cone from the stop-ring H.

The press-ring and its spindle E are provided with a similar treadle, L,connected to a screw-collar, I, by a belt or cord, K, carried overpulleys b and b in the head B, and extended to receive a weight, M. Thisweight operates to retract the ring E when the pressure is removed fromthe treadle, and is used in place of a spring, as the movement of thespindle is so great to secure abundant clearance for removing thefinished hoops.

The operation of the machine shown is as follows: A hoop is placed uponthe small part or end of the cone, when thelatteris projected from thestop-ring H and the treadle L moved to force the ring E against it. Whenclamped between rings E and H the hoop is distended to the desired size,and is then nailed in the usual manner. The press-ring E is thenwithdrawn and the foot applied to the treadle L, by which the cone isretracted sufficiently to loosen the hoop upon its tapering surface, andthe hoop is thrown from the machine and the cone forced forward again bythe spring J to receive another one.

If the hoops are provided with looks out uniformly, the operation of themachine strains them to a given size, and a little nailing suffices toretain them of the desired diameter, as but little strain is thrown uponthe nails; but when secured by nails alone as with the lap-joint shownat h in Fig. 3, a single nail is put in the lap before forcing thepress-ring against the hoop, thatthe latter may be drawn tight as itexpands and take the desired size from the cone with accuracy.

From the above description it will be seen that the devices used tocarry out my invention may be varied materially without departing fromitsmain principle, which is to strain the hoops upon a gage whennailing, that they may be formed of uniform diameter.

The cone might also be made stationary and the stop-rin g be made toslide, or separate stops arranged about the cone and operatedsimultaneously to push elf the finished hoop, as required. I do nottherefore limit myself to the precise construction described, but claimthe same as follows:

1. The combination of the cone D and stopring H,movably arranged inrelation to one another, for throwing off the hoop, and the pressring,arranged and operated by suitable means to force a closed barrel-hoopupon the cone, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination, with the cone and gagering of a hoop-gaging machine,of a press-ring provided with the rigid tongues F and the spring-tonguesG, arranged alternately, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HENRY WILDE.

Witnesses:

THos. S. CRANE, WALTER M. CONGER, Jr.

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